Shimoda, Mikako
Nakashima, Ayaka
Shiota, Sachie
Hosaka, Ayano
Watanabe, Mai
Kawahara, Masahiro
Yasuda, Kosuke
Suzuki, Kengo
Tanaka, Ken-ichiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Euglena Co., Ltd.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Musashino University
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 22 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
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: The animal experiments in this study were conducted in accordance with the Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines 2.0 [] and were approved by the Animal Care Committee of Musashino University (09-A-2021, 2022, and 2023). Not applicable to clinical trials.
: Not applicable.
: This study was funded by Euglena Co., Ltd. A.N., K.Y., and K.S., employees of Euglena, provided the wild watermelon juice extract, prepared the samples, and engaged in discussions with the other authors. The funders of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Musashino University were not involved in the study design, data collection, analysis, publication decisions, or manuscript preparation.